Things About the Ming Dynasty Part 2: Sunset on the West Mountain (2020 Edition)
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In the third chapter of "Those Things in the Ming Dynasty", Emperor Wanli reigned for forty-eight years, but did not go to court for thirty years. The Donglin Party took the opportunity to rise and supported Emperors Guangzong and Xizong to ascend the throne. Wei Zhongxian took advantage of Xizong's mediocrity and gradually became prosperous by clinging to the emperor's wet nurse, the Hakka family, and started a duel with the Donglin Party. After the War to Resist Japan and Aid Korea, the Ming Dynasty's defense line shifted to Liaodong. Li Chengliang raised tigers to cause trouble, and Nurhachi took the opportunity to rise. Yuan Chonghuan grew from a scholar to a frontier general, defended the isolated city, and finally defeated Nurhachi. The civil-official struggle that lasted for half a century witnessed the empire turning from prosperity to decline, the border peoples took advantage of the momentum to grow, the border troops retreated one after another, the endless good and bad human nature, endless wars and disputes... The Ming Dynasty was a bloody dynasty, a bizarre dynasty, a powerful and tender dynasty, a dynasty that had experienced disasters and was magnificent. The Ming Dynasty is like the folds of Chinese history. Every time you open a chapter, there are wonderful stories, which contain the cultural codes, political logic, and human experience of the Chinese people.
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